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Science 24 April 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3930, pp. 489 - 491
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3930.489
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Trichromatic Mechanisms in Single Cortical Neurons

Peter Gouras 1

1 Ophthalmology Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

By chromatic adaptation, all three cone mechanisms of rhesus monkey vision can be identified in single neurons of striate cortex. This trichromatic inter-action occurs in cells sensitive to color and indicates that striate cortical cells tend to be more wavelength discriminating than cells at lower stages of the primate visual system.


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